Vetnews | November 2024 36 « BACK TO CONTENTS Worldwide Vets strives to improve animal welfare around the world. We provide free vet care to animals in need, send supplies, and coordinate volunteers. Our continuing education courses train vets and nurses to help domestic and wild animals. OUR WORK TODAY Worldwide Vets is registered in the UK, with our administrative head office close to London, England. We are also registered as a charity within the US. Further afield, we are working across the globe to strive for better animal welfare. We work in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe, having clinics or teams in India, Borneo, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar, Ghana, Cambodia, Peru, Costa Rica and Madagascar, to name just a few. Our dedicated team of vets, nurses, technicians, and conservation support staff work every day of the year to ensure that any animal presented to us can receive the best possible care and treatment. The jobs are diverse and varied. On any given day, between the four continents where we operate, our team are carrying out worthwhile missions for a range of animals. It may be that we are rescuing snared wildlife or translocating endangered species like lions, rhinos, elephants, pangolins, turtles or sloths to safer environments. Often we are reaching deep into poverty-stricken communities, providing preventative and reactive medicine to dogs and cats, cows, goats, sheep and poultry. Community education and empowerment are an important part of our ethos, and we strongly believe that the local communities are the best people to care for local animals. It is through capacity building, education and school teaching sessions that we make a sustainable difference in the countries where we operate. We welcome volunteers to join our mission and contribute to the role we play. Doing so is a great way to give something back to the world around you, saving innocent lives, alleviating poverty and playing your part in sustaining the natural and cultural planet we know today. It is a chance to challenge yourself, learn new skills, make a difference, and see the world in a new light, being welcomed to each destination not as a tourist, but as a helper and member of our family. With the challenges facing us all in the 21st century, there has never been a more important time for volunteers to come together and take responsibility for the animals and the world around us. Follow the link to vote for these worthy nominees. Voting closes on the 14th of November - be sure to vote for your animal hero before then!! Congratulations are in order to SAVA members nominated for the Golden Star awards.
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